Schroedinger-like PageRank wave equation could revolutionise web rankings

by hhm • 18 years ago

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hugh2• 18 years ago

The paper is unconvincing. Sure, there's some mathematical similarity between Pagerank and the Schroedinger equation (they're both just eigenvector problems anyway, as I understand it) but they haven't really demonstrated that bringing in the QM formalism actually assists with calculating anything.

The "X could revolutionize Y" headline is even less convincing.

nsrivast• 18 years ago

But the QM formalism is so pretty! It MUST be useful.

cjc• 18 years ago

hugh, could you elaborate in slightly more laymen's terms? Or point to a good resource to read up on this?

It sounds interesting but is a bit over my head. Thanks!

pjspereira2• 18 years ago

'Revolutionize" may not be appropriate, but I still think the paper is a good post. For anyone with a math/physics background, this is the perfect 3min. introduction to the page-rank algorithm.

michael_dorfman• 18 years ago

You think? I'd have thought that anybody with a good math background would better served by something like the "$25B Eigenvector" article focusing on the Linear Algebra aspects of PageRank (http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~bryan/googleFinalVersionFixed.pd...)

goodkarma• 18 years ago

I think internet marketing is going to get very hard in the future. Folks will have to focus on adding value in order to get recognition.

aneesh• 18 years ago

> "Folks will have to focus on adding value in order to get recognition"

No way! You mean people will actually have to add value to get people to pay them, like most businesses in history have had to do?

Schroedinger-like PageRank wave equation could revolutionise web rankings

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